Population in Benin compared to Bhutan: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Benin and Bhutan: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Bhutan	Benin	Bhutan
1960	2,517,286	224,084	-	-
1961	2,559,223	230,602	1.67%	2.91%
1962	2,604,659	237,636	1.78%	3.05%
1963	2,652,908	245,156	1.85%	3.16%
1964	2,704,003	252,987	1.93%	3.19%
1965	2,757,936	261,200	1.99%	3.25%
1966	2,814,317	269,820	2.04%	3.3%
1967	2,872,997	278,852	2.09%	3.35%
1968	2,934,257	288,311	2.13%	3.39%
1969	2,998,222	298,214	2.18%	3.43%
1970	3,065,057	308,528	2.23%	3.46%
1971	3,134,767	319,211	2.27%	3.46%
1972	3,207,543	330,264	2.32%	3.46%
1973	3,283,496	341,705	2.37%	3.46%
1974	3,362,633	353,538	2.41%	3.46%
1975	3,445,407	365,791	2.46%	3.47%
1976	3,532,196	378,490	2.52%	3.47%
1977	3,623,202	391,639	2.58%	3.47%
1978	3,718,305	405,243	2.62%	3.47%
1979	3,818,528	419,200	2.7%	3.44%
1980	3,925,251	433,404	2.79%	3.39%
1981	4,038,307	447,836	2.88%	3.33%
1982	4,156,596	462,485	2.93%	3.27%
1983	4,278,978	477,460	2.94%	3.24%
1984	4,405,895	492,784	2.97%	3.21%
1985	4,538,012	508,392	3%	3.17%
1986	4,675,420	524,324	3.03%	3.13%
1987	4,818,486	540,557	3.06%	3.1%
1988	4,967,341	556,986	3.09%	3.04%
1989	5,121,657	573,586	3.11%	2.98%
1990	5,281,479	589,287	3.12%	2.74%
1991	5,446,932	599,784	3.13%	1.78%
1992	5,617,844	577,774	3.14%	-3.67%
1993	5,872,706	554,673	4.54%	-4%
1994	6,096,506	554,497	3.81%	-0.03%
1995	6,226,773	547,989	2.14%	-1.17%
1996	6,391,858	548,784	2.65%	0.15%
1997	6,583,365	558,697	3%	1.81%
1998	6,789,489	569,435	3.13%	1.92%
1999	7,002,818	582,579	3.14%	2.31%
2000	7,221,619	596,863	3.12%	2.45%
2001	7,445,596	610,794	3.1%	2.33%
2002	7,675,426	624,409	3.09%	2.23%
2003	7,913,070	637,663	3.1%	2.12%
2004	8,159,094	650,544	3.11%	2.02%
2005	8,426,144	661,865	3.27%	1.74%
2006	8,693,242	670,799	3.17%	1.35%
2007	8,953,969	678,641	3%	1.17%
2008	9,228,466	686,351	3.07%	1.14%
2009	9,509,423	693,988	3.04%	1.11%
2010	9,797,484	701,632	3.03%	1.1%
2011	10,093,623	709,377	3.02%	1.1%
2012	10,397,657	717,279	3.01%	1.11%
2013	10,708,834	725,273	2.99%	1.11%
2014	11,030,004	733,139	3%	1.08%
2015	11,360,681	740,618	3%	1.02%
2016	11,697,842	747,866	2.97%	0.98%
2017	12,039,780	754,335	2.92%	0.86%
2018	12,383,347	759,759	2.85%	0.72%
2019	12,726,755	764,824	2.77%	0.67%
2020	13,070,169	770,006	2.7%	0.68%
2021	13,413,417	775,442	2.63%	0.71%
2022	13,759,501	780,914	2.58%	0.71%
2023	14,111,034	786,385	2.55%	0.7%
2024	14,462,724	791,524	2.49%	0.65%
2025	14,814,463	796,681	2.43%	0.65%
2026	15,170,422	802,211	2.4%	0.69%
2027	15,529,420	807,265	2.37%	0.63%
2028	15,890,289	811,835	2.32%	0.57%
2029	16,253,927	816,265	2.29%	0.55%
2030	16,618,827	820,693	2.24%	0.54%
2031	16,985,939	825,464	2.21%	0.58%
2032	17,357,069	830,347	2.18%	0.59%
2033	17,731,448	834,984	2.16%	0.56%
2034	18,109,922	839,045	2.13%	0.49%
2035	18,492,634	843,199	2.11%	0.5%
2036	18,878,049	847,699	2.08%	0.53%
2037	19,264,504	851,844	2.05%	0.49%
2038	19,655,285	855,558	2.03%	0.44%
2039	20,049,973	858,918	2.01%	0.39%
2040	20,445,765	862,126	1.97%	0.37%
2041	20,843,268	865,152	1.94%	0.35%
2042	21,242,984	868,152	1.92%	0.35%
2043	21,643,647	871,100	1.89%	0.34%
2044	22,042,581	873,733	1.84%	0.3%
2045	22,443,653	876,178	1.82%	0.28%
2046	22,846,199	878,161	1.79%	0.23%
2047	23,245,147	879,450	1.75%	0.15%
2048	23,642,198	880,488	1.71%	0.12%
2049	24,038,614	881,433	1.68%	0.11%
2050	24,433,817	882,337	1.64%	0.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while Bhutan gained 78,753 people (a 11.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while Bhutan's population increased by 60,505 (a 8.17% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. Bhutan was ranked 161st in 2005 and ranked 163rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Benin's population will grow by 61.8% to 24,433,817 people with a rank change from 76th to 68th. The population of Bhutan will increase by 10.1% to 882,337 people and will still be ranked 163rd.